April 2021 — 312 tweets
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Not a great day when a bug in your app makes the NYT. On the plus side, we already fixed it, and also, we're in the NYT! (will be rolling out a release over the next couple of days, thanks for the bug report bxchen) nytimes.com/2021/03/31/technology/personaltech/online-privacy-private-browsers.html
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RT ekp: Our report on remote work since Covid has a section for everyone Data geeks: methodology Word nerds: language choices Learners: re…
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elibud 💖
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louielouie bxchen Aww awesome! THISISDINOSAUR implemented the new animations, they are super cool!! Not surprised by the NYPost, iirc the NYT implemented the GPC.
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jyhsu The raccoon playing evil genius? I am not sure it’s a complement (but ofc I love all raccoons)
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Omg a capybara! Bodegacats_/1377606918361989121
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RT LeadTimeCo: You heard jyhsu and catehstn chat about coaching last week. Tomorrow, they answer all your coaching questions during the…
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Dusk is my favorite time of day 💖 photo.cate.blog/2021/04/dusk-is-my-favorite-time-of-day-%f0%9f%92%96/
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Paul_IPv6 Ooh I will look it up! Thanks!
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RT leahvelleman: Honestly, a lot of free software is free as in *piano.* It's right there. Nobody is stopping you. You could totally spe…
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RT Rainmaker1973: Capybaras are semiaquatic mammals and are superb swimmers, capable of holding their breath underwater for up to 5 minute…
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THISISDINOSAUR I had a very different idea of what you need right now but I guess that will be apparent on Tuesday 😅
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Have any British people seen any creme eggs?!? Apparently both tescos in cork are out since 2 days ago and I have only stockpiled 20 eggs. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Okay I may have panic ordered ~200 creme eggs (did you know they came in boxes of 46? Me either) does anyone else need any?
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bethanye 😆 that is my MO
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pilky Oh dear 😆
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THISISDINOSAUR Omg nooooooo! I found some online?
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pilky Soooooooo tasty 😍🥰
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THISISDINOSAUR Possibly sensible but I like to know I can always have one 🙈
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basthomas THISISDINOSAUR Basil is not delighted with my creme egg stockpile 😭
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twostraws basthomas THISISDINOSAUR He refuses to cook with them it’s very sad. He did make a mini egg cookie pie this week though which was extremely delicous so he hasn’t fully rejected my cultures celebration of chocolate eggs.
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twostraws basthomas THISISDINOSAUR I had the idea that half a creme egg could be somehow embedded in a cookie?! But i got no response to this moment of culinary brilliance.
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twostraws basthomas THISISDINOSAUR I did convince someone else to make me a creme egg milkshake the other week.
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ceri_anne_dev twostraws basthomas THISISDINOSAUR It’s not too late! Do you need me to send you some creme eggs?
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RT birdcardigan: i love degas
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RT drdevonprice: You know, if I was gonna talk about feeling pressured as a young person into taking hormones with poorly studied and at-t…
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operaqueenie He is a dreadful man. The mop was always there though, this is public school boy hair on a grown ass man with real responsibility he gamed his way into and can’t handle.
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elibud 😘
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nwreg Aha a friend gifted me the pattern 😍🥰
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RT raccoonhourly:
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pilky Aww that’s so exciting! Glad you are vaccinated!
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baltundal oh that's cool, I've been thinking about whether I could re-imagine some of my photographs as cross stitch!
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cypheroftyr Happy birthday! 💖
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There’s a fascinating genre on the internet produced by mostly ICs that is “elaborate coping strategies for managers not doing the very basics of their job”.
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Anyway I read these and just think omg you poor creature, I hope you one day experience a functional work environment.
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@fdevillamil I don’t want to out people but I can send you privately a couple of recent examples.
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RT jeanqasaur: Problems people on Twitter think women in tech face, vs the problems women in tech actually face
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endocrimes basthomas In my defence I was nearly sleeping.
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RT TweetsByBilal: Says a lot
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RT OregonZoo: hi
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RT shreyas: How to “be more strategic”: -Think more top-down -Squelch fear of big goals -Work backwards from desired result -Ask why-w…
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Habit: February & March cate.blog/2021/04/05/habit-february-march/
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Stuck With A Problem? 4 Strategies To Expand Your Thinking And Create Space For Solutions forbes.com/sites/sabinanawaz/2021/01/25/stuck-with-a-problem-4-strategies-to-expand-your-thinking-and-create-space-for-solutions/?sh=5f058cdb1f33 /by sabinanawaz
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Bae and I made this fun little planter on the glowforge! Now what to put in it 🤔
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CAwkward Omg congrats! What an ordeal and YOU SURVIVED!
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“A paycheck means you have a job but praise helps you love your job.” ~Let’s Talk - Making Effective Feedback Your Superpower by ThereseHuston is SO GOOD.
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RT RangeDotCo: 📰 Just published: Lead Time issue no. 19. With this month’s focus on coaching + #employeedevelopment, we’re sharing conten…
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RT jyhsu: As an engineering leader, should you be working with a coach? Had a fun Friday morning (early evening for Cate) last week on vi…
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VPoltrack CarnegieMNH That’s great! So glad it went well! 💖
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I’ve been thinking lately about what it means to be the DRI of your career, both tactically and as a mindset. What does it mean to you?
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Whatever is going on right now at work - good or bad - is just a moment in your career. What will matter a year from now? Ten years from now? If you were to make the most of it - good or bad - what would you have learned?
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janklausa I can send you some.
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janklausa yesssssssssssssssss
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pilky i have a solution!
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OhMiaGod Aww honey that sounds so scary! I’m sorry! 💖
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RT evacide: Sometimes it is necessary to Marie Kondo your hate, or risk becoming a loosely-connected bundle of petty grudges in the form o…
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RT AriOffRails: I'm reading skamille's The Manager's Path & realizing how the "benign neglect" from my first manager out of college affec…
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jyhsu RangeDotCo The job postings don’t specify location, key values says SF/remote but is that US remote or global remote?
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I’m at the point in the pandemic where I’m seriously asking my partner if we can move somewhere with a swimming pool. I miss swimming so much 😭
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If anyone’s wondering “seriously contemplate swimming in the river” came before this step.
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Eulerizeit I had to fall into the river twice last year and I did not enjoy it. So opting out of river swimming for now.
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therealfitz Don’t swim in a Chicago river! You would certainly die!
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RT ekp: We can't push our way through the trauma from all that we've experienced in the past year, including brain fog from Covid-19. Comp…
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therealfitz Oh good.
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jocrossick 🙈 actually bae moved here from BCN! It was where I always wanted to live but… brexit.
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ideasasylum 💖💖💖 how are you surviving?! I swam several times in December and this is KILLING ME.
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RT elizaskinner: Gals, sometimes you just have to look at a guy and say “which is it - do you want to ‘keep things casual’ or do you want…
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ideasasylum Yeah I have got very bored from walking the same circle omg.
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ctford jocrossick Ah Yeah I could figure that out but I’m pretty settled in Ireland now.
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nwreg 💖
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RT BerniceKing: Racism is not a difference of opinion.
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RT CAPYBARA_MAN:
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puff puff puffin 🪡🧵 photo.cate.blog/2021/04/puff-puff-puffin-%f0%9f%aa%a1%f0%9f%a7%b5/
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RT lccarson: So catehstn probably doesn't watch enough Canadian television to see this commercial without help youtu.be/JVAutFVaV5w
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lccarson Oh what a wonderful morning!! Why do they also need coffee when they have raccoons?!
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LittleMxSurly “Compromise” omfg what absolute trash
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This is on point - For 50 Years, Tech Companies Have Tried to Increase Diversity by Fixing People Instead of the System slate.com/technology/2021/03/google-acm-digital-skills-training-diversity-history.amp?__twitter_impression=true
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JillWetzler such a perfect beautiful creature 😍🥰
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buffer what's up with your chrome extension? The button on this page goes to a 404 not found: buffer.com/extensions
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I also can't find it in the chrome store or via search.
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skamille Yay! It arrived! 💖
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claudiopro No idea, maybe by EOY.
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RT raccoonhourly:
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RT djolder: A sitting US congressman under investigation for sex trafficking who is not under any significant pressure to step down claimi…
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claudiopro Yeah I get the same range :/ thanks!
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claudiopro Yeah!
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starkcoffee skamille 💖💖💖
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As an engineering leader, should you be working with a coach? cate.blog/2021/04/12/as-an-engineering-leader-should-you-be-working-with-a-coach/
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RT amyngyn: the gross thing about assuming all women in tech are dealing with impostor syndrome is that lots of men take it as permission…
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RT IamGMJohnson: You can’t reform the police. The system of policing is doing exactly what it was designed to do.
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RT NatDudley: A reminder that mostly we don’t tell people that we think are awesome that they’re awesome. Tell someone you think is amaz…
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jyhsu 😆
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"It was the sight of a young male Adélie penguin attempting to have sex with a dead female that particularly unnerved George Murray Levick..." theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/09/sex-depravity-penguins-scott-antarctic I did not expect to fall down a penguin sex rabbit hole. And yet, here we are.
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oh my god are penguins like dolphins on ice
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"For example, a dead penguin, lying with its eyes half-open, is very similar in appearance to a compliant female." WHAT
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based on her appearance she was "asking for it" but dead and also a penguin
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akshayshah No no I am saving the quality penguin sexuality content for Twitter. I have other fun penguin facts for the talk!
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akshayshah A key part of my talk is willingness to hug a penguin and I don’t want to dilute my message 😆
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My latest in TheLeadDev - Empowering your engineering team with an effective decision-making process leaddev.com/technical-decision-making/empowering-your-engineering-team-effective-decision-making-process
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VPoltrack Yay!!!
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RT mekkaokereke: This! This is what folk don't understand. A significant part of police violence, is not about crime. It's a revenue extr…
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RT CAPYBARA_MAN: A small friend is still a friend
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RT RMac18: A Facebook content moderator contracted through Accenture in Austin quit this morning with a blistering internal note. I’ve typ…
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I got _spicy_ in this podcast, on structural inequity, sponsorship, why we should stop telling women they have imposter syndrome - raywenderlich.com/21989341-cate-huston-podcast-s11-e10
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RT basthomas: Coooookies! 🍪
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VPoltrack Awww yay I’m glad you like it 💖
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VPoltrack Awww yay so happy 💖
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Roaming around Cork photo.cate.blog/2021/04/roaming-around-cork/
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RT polotek: You don't have to watch videos of children being shot. You can believe and feel and know that it is wrong without subjecting y…
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RT TeachMrReed: Adam Toledo was 13 years old. He was told to put his hands up by the police. He did. He was then immediately executed on s…
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RT kashanacauley: Amazing how every time the cops kill someone it’s up to everyone who didn’t kill anyone to remain calm.
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RT FredTJoseph: Don't watch the Adam Toledo video. Just know, as is almost always the case, police lied. That 13-year-old boy was not arme…
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RT rwenderlich: Listen in on our latest podcast: We have catehstn as our guest, and in this episode, she takes PodcastDru & nisrulz up…
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RT JoshuaErlich: they’d have to find different work I guess
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RT jesswade: for my twitter friends not immersed in the scandals of the UK supermarket scene, one supermarket (M&S) are taking another (Al…
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Brain fog: how trauma, uncertainty and isolation have affected our minds and memory theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/apr/14/brain-fog-how-trauma-uncertainty-and-isolation-have-affected-our-minds-and-memory
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RT MaryBadThings: Adam Toledo was 13. Peyton Ham was 16. Laquan McDonald was 17. Tamir Rice was 12. Aiyana Stanley-Jones was 7. Jonathan E…
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I swear I used to find some level of stress energizing. Now the least thing and I’m just like “omg I need a nap” 😴
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seb_ly Yeah I recorded a presentation on Friday and SAME. Glad you had fun though!
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HopeGraceFury LeahSpasova Aha yeah it was definitely burnout at first but ~18m later I don’t know what’s that and what’s the pandemic.
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RT operaqueenie: 🧐 “Margaret Sanger harmed generations with her beliefs. In our second century, Planned Parenthood has a chance to heal th…
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RT CAPYBARA_MAN: no talk me i hungy
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seb_ly Aww 💖 ofc it went well! You’re brilliant!
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Ah the most useless man in Ireland aka the “health minister” is trending. Never a good sign.
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RT Trisarahjtops: Illustration description: A very round capybara with 4 baby capybaras around it and 1 baby capybara on its head (the bab…
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RT polotek: Right. Cops themselves need more coddling, more training, more leeway before we can expect better. But if you are a civilian,…
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martinb3 Thank you I needed someone to relate 😭
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I love the idea of writing in layers rather than drafts - JonAcuff “I Need Endorphins Like Fish Need Water” - gretchenrubin.com/2021/04/jon-acuff-author-interview/
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martinb3 Oh 💯
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Empowering your engineering team with an effective decision-making process cate.blog/2021/04/19/empowering-your-engineering-team-with-an-effective-decision-making-process/
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RT LitMoose: Real advice from a veterinary training:
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RT Sydonahi: SOMEONE MADE A MOTHERFUCKING MOBIUS STRIP OUT OF LEGO
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RT raccoonhourly:
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LeadDev Together started last week, but you can still register - leaddev.com/events/leaddev-together - I really enjoyed the last one, and I'm attending with 4 (different) people from DuckDuckGo this time too! Also: giving that talk about penguins (and process, but mostly penguins).
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lccarson Aww 💖💖💖 glad I could provide! 💋
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jwilker 💖
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RT molly_struve: If the junior you are mentoring is doing a good job, tell them. If your manager is supporting you well, tell them. If som…
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So helpful - There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.html
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LittleMxSurly 🖤 I’m sorry babe, that all sounds like A Lot.
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LittleMxSurly 🖤 very understandable 🖤
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kamilah Such a low bar but omg so relieved.
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RT ACLU: BREAKING: Derek Chauvin has been convicted of the murder of George Floyd. For the first time in Minnesota state history, a white…
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RT BerniceKing: Oh, that George Floyd were still alive. But I’m thankful for accountability. The work continues. Justice is a contin…
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kamilah I hope he rots in jail.
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A guilty verdict is such a bare minimum. I hope that it is just the beginning of accountability for the many many other victims of police brutality. The US policing system is rotten and racist to the core, and needs to be abolished.
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THISISDINOSAUR Thinking of you 💖 hope it all goes well!
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leapingwoman 😆 unclear what the message is here but I think I’m on board regardless
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I've been coaching with Best_Practicer and it's been super fun! If you love helping people grow, this could be a great opportunity for you, too. ajscheff/1385259262637580290
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THISISDINOSAUR 💖💖💖
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RT beesandbombs: :)
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THISISDINOSAUR Please be okay!!
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THISISDINOSAUR But worrying is my love language 😆
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RT ashishkjha: India is in the throes of a horrendous COVID surge Horrendous They are struggling to get more people vaccinated We are s…
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RT kratijain: Absolutely loved the gems shared by catehstn !! Must listen for all leaders! raywenderlich.com/21989341-cate-huston-podcast-s11-e10
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kratijain Aww thanks Krati!
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THISISDINOSAUR So glad you’re okay 💖
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RT polotek: This is why every white person should care about actively dismantling white supremacy. It doesn’t just harm Black people. It h…
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RT TheDCSentinel: Something incredibly bad is about to happen
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RT alphamacys: I hate how so many people still think gift receiving is a materialistic love language. it’s not about expensive gifts. you…
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RT VincentRK: India needs help. Unimaginable humanitarian crisis occurring at an unprecedented speed and scale.
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twostraws That looks lovely!
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kamilah So fab 💖💋
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JohnHackworth Omg same
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🧵 this is what toxic environments do to capable people - make them doubt themselves, second guess everything, introduce this third (? How many are we at now?) shift of work trying to make themselves smaller & more acceptable so that they might be allowed to do their fucking job. mmitchell_ai/1386060346234793986
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RT somecloudguy: It is disappointing to see US Tech Twitter's complete disinterest in the humanitarian crisis that the current second wave…
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@taraclrk 💖
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DanYedinak Thank you!
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webhat 💅🏼
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aaronbieber I have a glowforge
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aaronbieber glowforge I have a filter! And I love it!
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jaymisgoertz kwartzlab 💖 that would be so fun!
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leapingwoman Aww 💖
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leapingwoman Omg amazing!
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leapingwoman Girl raccoon! Her name is piper! 💖
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RT SketchesbyBoze: who wore it better
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RT edosartistry: The Setup💧. The Shot🔥
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Podcast: Ray Wenderlich / Living By the Code Series cate.blog/2021/04/26/podcast-ray-wenderlich-living-by-the-code-series/
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mekkaokereke ameeshpaleja That’s awesome! So excited for you!
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RT duretti: big "shut up and dribble" energy today from *check notes* two rich dudes who like things as they are and benefit from them sta…
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This is the same company that used to have employees provide their own work computer because something something “craftsman” something something “tools” so extremely unsurprised by this latest development.
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alfredocecilio Aww thank you so much! I also appreciate the lovely message you sent on LI. Really lovely way to start the day / week!
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juliepagano Same.
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Puff puff puffin! 🪡🧵 photo.cate.blog/2021/04/puff-puff-puffin-%f0%9f%aa%a1%f0%9f%a7%b5-2/
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LittleMxSurly Yay!
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RT sm: ceos will literally blog about their bad management practices instead of going to therapy
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RT WomeninAIEthics: Join us on May 25th to hear from an exceptional group of multi-disciplinary builders and creators designing a more div…
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I really think this basecamp thing - like coinbase - was a stealth layoff. What does it say about tech cos that it’s better to play “thought leader in apoliticalness” than actually do a layoff? Wild.
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dodecadaniel wiredferret I’m so sorry! What a shitty way to do it.
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techgirlwonder I didn’t say “just” a layoff, I agree it says a lot that this is how they chose to do it.
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ivanstegic Yep.
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pattong exactly
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LeeFlower Same.
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RT hypatiadotca: Unfortunately I think this is a feature, not a bug, of the bad take stealth layoff strategy. They get to keep the folks t…
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RT skamille: Ah another entrant in the pantheon of absolute goons. Such courageous lack of forethought and leadership in these trying time…
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RT thePaulChurch: catehstn Oh wow, now I'm imagining a tech bro seminar on calibrating exactly how offensive your blog post needs to be t…
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qkate 💖
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juliepagano So shitty.
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Fascinating to see people quote tweeting me saying this is a bad take because it’s a shitty thing to do: that’s exactly my point.
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HopeGraceFury Haha thanks some people seemed not to like my tweet tho 😅
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RIP my mentions 😭
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RT wiredferret: Retweeting for catehstn's specific needs.
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wiredferret Aww 💖
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CatSwetel Oh my god so many men have things to tell me on this topic.
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rondoftw loved your lead dev talk! Been wanting to know more about the TGM…. day.
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Hell yeah rockbot! Pledged 💋 alpineparrot/1387422047186432003
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Beautiful evening in Cork 🇮🇪 photo.cate.blog/2021/04/beautiful-evening-in-cork-%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%aa-3/
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RT polotek: Okay, I'm convinced something is happening in tech founder circles. They are intentionally downsizing. I don't know why yet. B…
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leapingwoman 🦝😎💖
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@mkupsmth :)
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rockbot Congrats!! Such an achievement!! So excited to support you in a small way!
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cypheroftyr That’s great!! Moving is a PITA but excited for you to have a nice and bigger space!
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HopeGraceFury Aww 💖
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RT nmsanchez: Announcing **DEI for Engineering Managers** a 5-session (over 5 weeks) course designed for people who lead technical teams a…
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RT BerniceKing:
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RT hmason: Bad management is so endemic in tech companies that weak managers often don't even know they are weak, and power dynamics often…
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RT ekp: And they pandemic has made them even worse
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RT TheLeadDev: Empowering your engineering team with an effective decision-making process – by catehstn bit.ly/3gNVqUw
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RT raccoonhourly:
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RT charlottejee: I've found it, the perfect explanation of NFTs
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RT DrMonicaCox: Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don’t see it, but beca…
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Not totally sure how optimistic I am about this plan, but my need for a haircut is getting desperate so at least happy about that. rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0429/1212714-cabinet-restrictions/
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Ni1anj0na Oh dear 😱
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katekelton Beautiful!
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Ni1anj0na Oh honey 💖
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katekelton So cool! I couldn’t believe that I just saw one chillin’ at the local park!
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RT lizthegrey: It's reassuring to see folks resigning who aren't just the marginalized folks. This is what solidarity looks like.
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Good on everyone who believes they deserve better. You do. CaseyNewton/1388212468510380034
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qkate 🤷🏻♀️
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iwasleeg 💅🏼
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iwasleeg 😆
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susanalmon Raccoon!!!!! 😍🥰
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RT willmanduffy: I heard DHH wasn’t a huge fan of companies taking a 30% cut so I wonder how his day is going
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RT jyhsu: I'll be facilitating this panel next week on one of my favorite topics (other than deleting code): ✨Making your meetings more…
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RT polotek: This is what happens to white men when they constantly get heralded as "geniuses" for anything they do. They start to believe…

























































